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Mexico’s two major crime cartels now at war

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

MEXICO CITY — The two most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, and the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras as the combatants pursue a strategy of intimidation and propaganda by dumping ever greater numbers of headless bodies in public view — the victims most likely innocents. Read full article > >

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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is seen as improving women’s sexual health and wellness

Monday, May 21st, 2012

“ Fifty Shades of Grey ,” the erotic novel by E L James, features cliche characters, highly implausible plot turns and dialogue that alternately induces cringes and giggles. ( Sample line : “ ‘Look at me,’ he breathes, and I stare into his smoldering gaze . . . cold, hard and sexy as hell, seven shades of sin in one enticing look.”) But many of my friends — and, judging by the bestseller lists, millions of women across the country — can’t put the book down. Even I will admit to ignoring my children to read what’s being called “mommy porn,” which details the titillating adventures of the young, innocent Anastasia Steele, who is initiated into the world of kinky pleasures by one Christian Grey, a sexy older billionaire who woos her into a dominant-submissive relationship. Read full article > >

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From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Some Honduran officials and residents have said that the victims of a fatal gun battle last week were innocent people, challenging the account of American drug enforcement agents.

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‘Innocent man’ executed in Texas

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The US state of Texas is likely to have executed an innocent man due to careless handling of the case, a report by US law students claims.

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Murder case ‘could have retrial’

Friday, January 27th, 2012

A legal expert says eight former police officers acquitted of fabricating a case that led to three innocent men being jailed could face a retrial.

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A Point of View: The shady side of gardening

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Say it with flowers, goes the saying. But sometimes the message is not so innocent – that beautiful garden may have more to do with spin and intrigue, says historian Lisa Jardine.

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A Point of View: The shady side of gardening

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Say it with flowers, goes the saying. But sometimes the message is not so innocent – that beautiful garden may have more to do with spin and intrigue, says historian Lisa Jardine.

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A Point of View: The shady side of gardening

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Say it with flowers, goes the saying. But sometimes the message is not so innocent – that beautiful garden may have more to do with spin and intrigue, says historian Lisa Jardine.

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A Point of View: The shady side of gardening

2011 National Film Registry list is announced; ‘Gump,’ ‘Bambi’ deemed worthy

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

“Forrest Gump,” the multiple-Oscar winning 1994 film starring Tom Hanks as an American innocent navigating the social changes of the 1960s and 1970s, was named to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry on Wednesday, along with 24 other films deemed worthy of preservation at the library’s conservation facility in Culpeper, Va. Read full article > >

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Va. family still suffers effects of guilty plea to false charge

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

They believed that their son was innocent but were afraid that Virginia’s penal system would grab hold of him and never let go. So Cherri Dulaney and Edgar Coker Sr. told 15-year-old Edgar Jr. to plead guilty to raping a 14-year-old friend. Their court-appointed attorney told them that was better than risking adult charges and a lengthy prison term. Read full article > >

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Met probed over funeral gun death

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

The Metropolitan Police is to be investigated over whether it could have prevented trouble at a funeral that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander.

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Met probed over funeral gun death

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

The Metropolitan Police is to be investigated over whether it could have prevented trouble at a funeral that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander.

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Shot man was ‘innocent bystander’

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

A 21-year-old man shot dead in a street in south London a week ago appears to have been “an innocent bystander”, Scotland Yard says.

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Herman Cain denies ever sexually harassing anyone, calls allegations ‘totally false’

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Herman Cain emphatically denied on Monday that he had ever sexually harassed anyone, calling allegations of harassment by two former employees “totally baseless and totally false” and saying that he is the innocent victim of a “witch hunt.” With the allegations threatening his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Cain acknowledged in an interview with Fox News Channel the harassment charges during his tenure as head of the National Restaurant Association. He said he had been “falsely accused.” Read full article > >

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“Trick or treat” robbers try to steal car in DC

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Three masked people who approached a car at a stoplight in the Petworth area of the District of Columbia and yelled “trick or treat” were no innocent Halloween revelers, police said. It was about 7:45 p.m. Saturday when a motorist stopped for a traffic signal at 13th Street and Arkansas Avenue NW, and three people in masks came up to the car, police said. Read full article > >

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